Panasonic Lumix FZ7 review at PhotographyBLOG : DIWA member Mark Goldstein from PhotographyBLOG has reviewed the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7 digital camera. The Panasonic incorporates a 12x optical zoom (equivalent to 36mm to 432mm on a 35mm film camera) Leica DC lens and MEGA O.I.S., Optical Image Stabilizer that compensates the hand-shake. The engine, or the brain, driving high picture quality and quick response of the camera is once again the leading-edge image processing LSI Venus Engine II. It corrects the chromatic aberration that tends to occur at edges especially in telephoto shooting and peripheral vignetting to render a beautiful image in detail. The Panasonic DMC FZ7 digital camera is equipped with 6.0 Megapixel CCD.

Panasonic FZ7 - Megazoom lens
According to Mark Goldstein: "The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 dealt very well with chromatic aberrations, with limited purple fringing effects appearing only in high contrast situations. Macro performance is above average for an ultra-zoom camera, allowing you to focus as close as 5 cms away from the subject. The built-in flash worked well indoors, with no red-eye and slight under-exposure. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 has an anti-shake mechanism, which allows you to take sharp photos at slower shutter speeds than other digital cameras."

Panasonic Lumix FZ7 camera - Noise and Image stabilizer
Mark continues: "The slowest ISO speeds of 80 and 100 on the DMC-FZ7 are perfectly fine, but ISO 200, which isn't exactly a fast speed, displays some noticeable noise and blurring of detail, and ISO 400 is very noisy indeed. The optical image stabilisation system partially makes up for the noise problems, in that you can take a photo at a slower ISO speed and therefore a slower shutter speed, and still get sharp results, without adversely affecting the battery life too much." You want to learn more about the Panasonic Lumix digital camera? Continue to read the Panasonic Lumix FZ7 review at PhotographyBLOG.

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